Band nerds: what was your most memorable trip?

I have a twin brother and an older sister all of which were in the band. We would sit in the back of the bus singing along to “The Cure” from a crappy little boombox at full volume. Everyone hated us.

Whoa, band trips! Soooo many adventures! But the one that sticks out in my mind is when we went to a football game somewhere in the boondocks and it was raining and about 20 degrees out. It was so cold we could barely get any noise out of our instruments. Gary Larrick emptied his spit valve on my head so I rammed his mellophone into his mouth and gave him a fat lip. Then we all “warmed up” back on the bus. I warmed up with my then boyfriend, now gay best friend. During this trip I was given the first love note from another band nerd who I ended up dating after graduation. But that’s another story entirely.

I lived in Las Vegas when I was going to school and involved in band. Every year we took a trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain. Every one of those trips stand out in my mind. It’s hard to pick just one!